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Unit of Study EDU01553 - Academic Literacies (2020)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    Enabling Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    0

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    SCU College

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Introduces students to the culture of academic enquiry. The skills developed in this unit focus on self management and critical thinking, academic reading, writing, and academic integrity.

Unit content

Managing self and growth mindset

Finding, evaluating, critically analysing texts

The culture of writing in a university context

The culture of learning in a university context including awareness of academic integrity

 

 

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Study Period1
N/A
Gold Coast
Study Period1
N/A
Lismore
Study Period1
N/A
Online
Study Period3,4,5
N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Apply self management strategies to learning and studying
2 Read and comprehend written texts including quantitative aspects
3 Apply awareness of academic integrity in assessment tasks
4 Demonstrate writing in a university context

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Apply self management strategies to learning and studying
    • GA5:
  2. Read and comprehend written texts including quantitative aspects
    • GA6:
  3. Apply awareness of academic integrity in assessment tasks
    • GA3:
  4. Demonstrate writing in a university context
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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